Table 2.
Consumption of foods by category of specific IgE to that food* among subjects <18.
| Milk | Egg | Peanut | Shrimp | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IgE Category | % each group (#) |
Drinks milk? |
% each group (#) |
Eats egg? | Eats egg w/o egg substitute? |
% each group (#) |
Eats peanut butter, peanuts, seeds?† |
% each group (#) |
Eats shrimp? |
Eats crustaceans? |
| Not-sensitized | 87% | 97% | 93% | 87% | 85% | 90% | 95% | 95% | 30% | 34% |
| “Unlikely food allergy” | 12% | 97% | 6% | 86% | 84% | 6% | 96% | 4% | 34% | 34% |
| “Probable food allergy” | 1% | 96% | 0.5% | 79% | 79% | 4% | 93% | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| “Likely food allergy” | 0.01% | 0% | 0.09% | 90% | 30% | 0.6% | 83% | 1% | 11% | 11% |
| All | 2026 | 97% | 2037 | 87% | 85% | 2058 | 95% | 2251 | 30% | 34% |
*
Survey weighting was used to estimate percentage of US population within each IgE Category consuming the relevant food.
†
Includes peanut butter, other nut butter, peanuts, nuts and seeds.